The newly refurbished — now with a proper bar, thank goodness — Arcola presents a salutary tale for any journalist with a puffed-up ego. Marvin Hamlisch’s acerbic 2002 musical version of the classic 1957 film traces the disintegration of the personal life of New York gossip columnist JJ Hunsecker, a man prone to modest statements such as “My column is the heartbeat of America”.